FleetWatch extends its heartiest congratulations to Reef Tankers on being awarded the 2018 CAIA Responsible Care Haulier Award in recognition of its outstanding year-on-year increase in the performance of its Responsible Care programmes and for sustaining a high Safety, Health

FleetWatch extends its heartiest congratulations to Reef Tankers on being awarded the 2018 CAIA Responsible Care Haulier Award in recognition of its outstanding year-on-year increase in the performance of its Responsible Care programmes and for sustaining a high Safety, Health

The sun is still shining over the South African commercial vehicle industry, as the sector reported another growth month in October. Year-on-year statistics for October show that sales grew by 5.3% to 2 648 units. Looking at year-to-date figures, total new

Mozambique as a truck market has matured and is moving away from used left-hand drive American trucks to new right hand-drive trucks. So says Choice Diesel Mozambique’s managing director, Wayne Greenwood, who has been trading in that country since 2002

The world is fast becoming used to seeing horrific natural disasters and humanitarian crisis playing out across the globe and while we are all familiar with the images of aid workers on the ground who bravely respond to crises like

FleetWatch was launched in 1993 initially as a fleet risk management journal, and has since evolved into a trucking magazine covering all aspects of the trucking industry with the primary focus on the “issues” facing modern day truckers.
The magazine operates under a banner of independent and objective journalism while striving to elevate the trucking industry onto a platform of high priority within the context of the South African economy. We regard ourselves as partners in the industry rather than just mere reporters on the business of trucking.
Our prime readership target is aimed at management operating in all areas of transport - ‘professional haulage’ for reward as well as ancillary operators who run transport as part of their overall operations. Many companies have followed the modern trend of outsourcing their transport and the suppliers of such services are also addressed as our target audience. We also get to product suppliers and service providers. The latest Audit Bureau of Circulation figures (January - June 2009) certifies our current distribution at 5 050 copies per month.
FleetWatch was voted by the Specialist Press Association as South Africa’s Best Transport magazine six years in a row - 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999. The magazine has won 60 awards for publishing and journalistic excellence since its launch in 1993 - the most ever won by any magazine in the history of MPASA. (Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa).
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In the meantime, we leave you with the highest Irish wish: “May the wind be always at your back”.
Keep on Trucking,
Patrick O’Leary
Publisher and Managing Editor

CAUTION ON R103
Nov 19th 3.45pm: Beware heavy smoke on section of R103 between Villiers and Vrede. Already one head tail between two trucks due to 4m visibility in the thick of smoke. Slow down, put headlights on and flashes and go gahle. Drivers OK.

LOOKING FOR NAMES OF TRUCK DRIVERS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY
Nov 19: Rob Fisher is putting forward some questions in Parliament tomorrow regarding issues around the trucking industry. They are also putting forward a Motion of Condolences for the truck drivers who have passed away in the past six months - either in a crash or attacks out on the road. If you know the name of any truck driver who has passed away, please will you post it here so we can pass it on. The idea is to put names to the statistics to drive home the real tragedy playing out on the roads. Many thanks.

PUTTING FORWARD THE CASE FOR TRUCK DRIVERS AND THE INDUSTRY
A number of contributors put forward the case for the trucking industry and the risks drivers are facing out on the roads. It was carried on SABC 2's Fokus programme on Sunday night. Here is the full programme as aired.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB0lvXY-e24

GOOD NEWS FOR PENSIONERS
Nov 17th. Saturday morning and am on the way home after spending an uplifting few hours at Reef Tankers in Germiston watching them motivating their drivers on health and safety- including the adoption of the FleetWatch Your Truck Your Gym proigramme - I have stopped at a BP garage opposite Olivedale Clinic and just spotted some really good news for pensioners which will help save money on your water bill. On every Wednesday pensioners can a get a discount on a full wash and polish. It doesn't say anything about having to bring your car so I'm gonna come here every Wednesday for a shower and polish. I hope they provide towels for us - and that they turn the pressure of those car hoses down as we walk through the wash bay so the body doesn't get bruised. OK OK. I know its weak. Must be the heat wave. Have a great weekend. Nou gaan ons braai.

A man whose father fled Burundi during political turmoil and genocide there in 1994, has been given a fresh start at applying for asylum in South Africa after being embroiled in a dispute with authorities for about a decade over a missed appointment.

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Editor’s Comment By Patrick O’Leary The South African truck driver fraternity is under siege in terms of on-road risks that have escalated dramatically over the past years and now pose life-threatening risks to truck drivers all over the country. “In

Editor’s Comment By Patrick O’Leary and Max Braun I share this month’s Editor’s Comment with my colleague, Max Braun, on a subject which needs urgent attention. I’ll kick off first. There is a vexing yet unresolved issue hanging over the

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The month of April 2018 will go down as one of the worst ever experienced in the history of the trucking industry in South Africa. It’s been a month of hell where, in a series of vicious attacks, we saw

Wow! Have you ever experienced so much change in such a short space of time? I have been sort of sitting on the side-lines enjoying the trucking industry while watching the wider developments as they unfold – and have been

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Editor’s Comment A recent story run by FleetWatch in our weekly newsletter headed ‘Is this the end of the IRTE?’ and repeated in this edition on page 12 because of its importance, resulted in some pretty active email exchanges between

President Jacob Zuma and his bunch of erstwhile followers – read benefactors – have their heads far up their backsides and the problem is that to them, the view looks good from there. In that narrow channel, they are warm,

FleetWatch was launched in 1993 initially as a fleet risk management journal, and has since evolved into a trucking magazine covering all aspects of the trucking industry with the primary focus on the issues facing modern day truckers.